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Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment

As of 9 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 26 of 26 outbound references and 4 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2508.20015.

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Observation 9b3e6b48-6323-4d7c-b215-f08cd9cbb5ae · outbound

This paper cites Emergent misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Emergent misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs

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Observation 68388b80-fde5-4ba3-8acb-5316fda5363f · outbound

This paper cites Compromising Honesty and Harmlessness in Language Models via Deception Attacks.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Compromising Honesty and Harmlessness in Language Models via Deception Attacks

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This paper cites Model organisms for emergent misalignment.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Model organisms for emergent misalignment

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Observation fd119c6f-66f6-4297-a2bb-dfb595d63ec7 · outbound

This paper cites LoRA: Low-rank adaptation of large language models.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment LoRA: Low-rank adaptation of large language models

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Observation 348b8cf7-b656-4bd2-976e-9c8e1171d0ed · outbound

This paper cites Statistical mechanics: Entropy, order parameters, and complexity.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Statistical mechanics: Entropy, order parameters, and complexity

Reference 5

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Observation aedf73aa-0da3-44a0-b371-116c14b20772 · outbound

This paper cites Learning phase transitions by confusion.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Learning phase transitions by confusion

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Observation 8914fe97-6ae9-4a49-a172-721c808076df · outbound

This paper cites Mapping out phase diagrams with generative classifiers.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Mapping out phase diagrams with generative classifiers

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Observation 0a0e4e14-dcca-4795-8700-8f76fa83ab96 · outbound

This paper cites Phase Transitions in the Output Distribution of Large Language Models.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Phase Transitions in the Output Distribution of Large Language Models

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This paper cites Elements of information theory.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Elements of information theory

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This paper cites Machine learning phase transitions: Connections to the Fisher information.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Machine learning phase transitions: Connections to the Fisher information

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Observation ba05e972-b42f-4edd-ae8b-b1ac28fa7d8c · outbound

This paper cites Grokking: Generalization Beyond Overfitting on Small Algorithmic Datasets.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Grokking: Generalization Beyond Overfitting on Small Algorithmic Datasets

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Observation 7f4743cd-7185-43d7-85c7-ba16d61751aa · outbound

This paper cites In-context Learning and Induction Heads.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment In-context Learning and Induction Heads

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This paper cites Sudden drops in the loss: Syntax acquisition, phase transitions, and simplicity bias in MLMs.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Sudden drops in the loss: Syntax acquisition, phase transitions, and simplicity bias in MLMs

Reference 13

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Observation a3a6a5f6-557e-42a3-8370-37754d2baadd · outbound

This paper cites An Empirical Study of Catastrophic Forgetting in Large Language Models During Continual Fine-tuning.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment An Empirical Study of Catastrophic Forgetting in Large Language Models During Continual Fine-tuning

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Observation 0631ef93-d52a-4d76-96a5-e42acec4cddc · outbound

This paper cites Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models

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Observation b2f98e73-92df-4181-aba0-f5de89f7d3a2 · outbound

This paper cites Loss in the crowd: Hidden breakthroughs in language model training.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Loss in the crowd: Hidden breakthroughs in language model training

Reference 16

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Observation 17addafa-d3c7-47ae-88cc-bfe7f6a90b8e · outbound

This paper cites Phase transition in large language models and the criticality of natural languages.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Phase transition in large language models and the criticality of natural languages

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Observation d595c614-9f40-4fed-bbbe-1848ab15e43e · outbound

This paper cites Convergent Linear Representations of Emergent Misalignment.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Convergent Linear Representations of Emergent Misalignment

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Observation 1f4e928d-ce8a-4b09-a4b6-75dc55d82b8f · outbound

This paper cites Persona features control emergent misalignment.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Persona features control emergent misalignment

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This paper cites Persona Vectors: Monitoring and Controlling Character Traits in Language Models.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Persona Vectors: Monitoring and Controlling Character Traits in Language Models

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This paper cites Fine-tuning aligned language models compromises safety, even when users do not intend to! In International Conference on Learning Representations, 2024.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Fine-tuning aligned language models compromises safety, even when users do not intend to! In International Conference on Learning Representations, 2024

Reference 21

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Observation 4af86a93-c234-449e-b975-e370c9c4a2dc · outbound

This paper cites On the Relationship between Truth and Political Bias in Language Models.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment On the Relationship between Truth and Political Bias in Language Models

Reference 22

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Observation d3a576b7-b088-4b51-8b15-37641d733add · outbound

This paper cites Utility Engineering: Analyzing and Controlling Emergent Value Systems in AIs.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Utility Engineering: Analyzing and Controlling Emergent Value Systems in AIs

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This paper cites Hermes 3 Technical Report.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment Hermes 3 Technical Report

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Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment cautious

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This paper cites What kind of person do I want to be?.

Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment What kind of person do I want to be?

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Pith citing papers

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Overtrained, Not Misaligned cites this paper.

Overtrained, Not Misaligned Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment

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Phase Transitions in Driven Informational Systems: A Two-Field Perspective on Learning Theory and Non-Equilibrium Chemistry cites this paper.

Phase Transitions in Driven Informational Systems: A Two-Field Perspective on Learning Theory and Non-Equilibrium Chemistry Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment

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Observation 31e805bd-8d5f-4877-a277-9b41123ffa5f · inbound

Emergent Misalignment Can Be Induced by Sycophancy and Reversed via Alignment Gating cites this paper.

Emergent Misalignment Can Be Induced by Sycophancy and Reversed via Alignment Gating Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment

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Observation c7ed3c59-ffd0-4bd3-802f-16c5810c50da · inbound

Emergent Misalignment Recruits a Pre-existing Persona Subspace cites this paper.

Emergent Misalignment Recruits a Pre-existing Persona Subspace Decomposing Behavioral Phase Transitions in LLMs: Order Parameters for Emergent Misalignment

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